Reminders'

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Reminders.

• Do you need to give me your signed, tear-off
  Syllabus acknowledgement?
• Tuesday Rm. 401, Roesch Library (across from
  elevator)
• Tuesday SJ3 for lab exercise
• I WILL ANNOUNCE ON MONDAY TIMES

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January 10, 2006 Evidence for beliefs What
matters and what doesnt Filed under Social
Dave Munger _at_ 910 am                        Th
e Flying Spaghetti Monster (source verganza.org)
is a satirical retort to advocates of
intelligent design, created as a joke to mock
the belief that some intelligent designer
created life. While the Flying Spaghetti Monster
is funny, no one takes it seriously. Meanwhile,
belief in a Christian God is stronger than ever,
and advocates of the theory of evolution are
unshaking in their support.
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The Ethics of Research
Animal research threatened by activism
Task force to revise human research rules
Repressed research shows nicotine is addictive
Keep up to date on ethical guidelines
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APA Ethical Principles

• Ethics Principles of Psychologists and Code of
  Conduct (Rev. 2002).
• Principle 9 Research with Human Participants?
• Guidelines for Avoiding Sexism in Psychological
  Research
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and
  use of Animals

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Minimize Risk

• Minimal risk test
• Develop a risk/benefit ratio
• Avoid physical injury
• Avoid psychological and emotional injury
• Protect anonymity, if possible
• Assure confidentiality

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Obligation of Informed Consent

• Signed form

SAMPLE INFORMED CONSENT I would like to
participate in the research. I understand that I
am free to withdraw at any time. I further
understand that individual results will not be
identified by name, and that all results will be
confidential, except for the reporting of
research on the basis of scores of groups of
people. I understand that the research is
about. Signed ______________ Date
______________
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When Informed Consent is a Risk and What to do
About it

• Potential for demand characteristics
• Good subject phenomenon
• The use of deception
• Commission
• Omission
• Obligation of debriefing
• Alternatives to deception
• Role playing, simulations, honest experiments
• Stanford Prison Simulation Study

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Other Issues

• Avoid invasivenessrespect privacy
• Right to determine how self-information may be
  used
• Department Review Boards and Institutional Review
  Boards